The Old Rectory With Attached Garden Walls And Gateway

The Old Rectory, now a detached house, dates back to the 15th century and has undergone alterations in the late 18th century, 19th century, and the 1960s. It is constructed of dressed limestone with a Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. The building has an L-plan layout, featuring a main range with a rear service wing.

The south front is two stories high with four windows, likely from the 17th century but altered around 1800. It includes four 1960s French windows and a flat-roofed two-story early 19th-century porch on the left. The entrance features a six-panelled door with an octagonal-paned transom light and 12-pane sash windows. The first floor has a mix of two-light and single-light casements.

To the left, there is a 15th-century range with a two-story canted bay that has 12-pane and 8-pane sashes, along with a 12-pane sash on both the ground and first floors of the south gable. The left return displays a central projecting stair turret with a 20th-century six-panelled door and a 12-pane sash, as well as a 15th-century square-headed Tudor-arched light with spandrels on the first floor. To the left of this are two 12-pane sashes and a 15th-century single-light window in the gable of the main range.

The rear of the building features a 16-pane sash on the ground floor, five 12-pane sashes, and one small 12-pane window on the first floor, along with 20th-century attic dormers and a 20th-century lean-to extension. The right return includes a glazed door and a sash window with a cast-iron casement on the first floor. The rear service range, built in the 19th century, is made of brick and stone bands and has casement windows.

Inside, the property retains a stone Tudor arched doorway between the drawing room and the 15th-century range, which may have been a former external doorway. The 15th-century range features three cross beam ceilings, with the north room showcasing moulded beams, while the stair hall and morning room have deeply chamfered beams. The early 19th-century stairs are adorned with stick balusters and carved tread-ends. Although the first floor and attics are not accessible, they are said to have original roof timbers, despite extensive restoration in the 1970s. The building ceased to function as a rectory in the 1960s.